Large hawthorn blanks for the winter. Recipes for cooking hawthorn for the winter: various options for blanks
Even small children know about the beneficial properties of a tall shrub called "hawthorn". Many are associated with this plant interesting legends and facts. Today, various parts of the hawthorn are actively used to create medicines, and are also used in folk medicine. Thanks to unique composition, the plant not only strengthens the body, but also allows you to get rid of serious ailments.
Benefit
The healing properties of hawthorn were already known to the ancient Greeks, who used dried and ground berries to bake bread. So delicious and at the same time healthy food allowed to get rid of heart disease. Many healers attributed magical properties to the plant. For this reason, bush thorns were always fixed on the front door, which scared away evil spirits.
Although modern medicine does not recognize the "magical" properties of this plant, it still actively uses it for the production of medicines. This is due to the presence of a unique composition in which each substance affects the human body in its own way.
Hawthorn fruits are based on the following elements:
- vitamins of different groups;
- pectins;
- essential oils;
- tannins.
Clinical studies have shown that the composition of small berries of a tall shrub contains almost all the elements indicated in the periodic table. The healing properties of hawthorn can be called truly limitless. Active natural substances kill harmful bacteria that enter the human body. The composition has anti-inflammatory properties, and therefore fights against many disorders that worsen well-being.
Hawthorn fruit is used as a vasodilator. They help to increase the lumen, which significantly improves oxygen metabolism. Thanks to this effect, a person manages to avoid coronary artery disease. Hawthorn is one of the most effective herbal remedies for treating heart disease. The fruits of the plant not only have a positive effect on the functioning of the organ, but also eliminate the symptoms of a disease such as heart failure.
Hawthorn is often used to normalize the menstrual cycle in women. Natural active substances of berries help to strengthen health and improve the functioning of the reproductive system.
Hawthorn-based remedies are used for regular stress and increased nervousness. It is known that these violations provoke the onset of diseases of the cardiovascular system.
5 healthy recipes
Hawthorn is actively used for the manufacture of medicinal and fortified products by fans of traditional medicine. For example, hawthorn tea is a unique natural composition that is effective in eliminating many diseases. In addition to its pleasant and rich taste, it is distinguished by the presence of a large amount healing properties... Hawthorn compote combines useful qualities and good taste at the same time.
The drink will become perfect choice to create winter blanks.
Hawthorn jam will become a great addition to various sweet dishes. Despite the heat treatment, the berries retain their beneficial substances in the composition.
One of the more unique recipes is hawthorn jelly... For its preparation, the simplest components are used, so you can easily make it yourself at home.
Tea
The process of making tea according to the classic recipe consists of simple steps and therefore does not take much time. To begin with, you should pour dry hawthorn flowers (1 tbsp. L.) Into a pre-heated teapot. Large leaf black tea (1 tbsp) is used as an additional ingredient. The ingredients are poured with boiling water (200 ml) and left to infuse for a couple of minutes. If desired, lemon or honey can be added to the finished drink.
A thermos is often used to brew hawthorn-based tea. To prepare a drink, you should take the fruits (4 tbsp. L.) And pour boiling water over them (1 l). The drink is infused overnight, after which it will be completely ready for use.
Hawthorn berries can be combined with rose hips. This allows you to increase the beneficial properties of the drink, as well as improve the taste. For cooking, a thermos is used, into which dried fruits are poured (2 tbsp. L.). The drink is left overnight and filtered in the morning.
Jam
Incredible taste and the benefits of jam made from hawthorn berries. To create jam, you need fruits (3 kg), granulated sugar (3 kg) and citric acid (0.5 tsp). In addition, water (800 ml) and vanillin (to taste) are used to make the jam.
Before making the jam, the berries need to be sorted out and the sticks removed from them. The hawthorn is washed and spread on a dry towel. While the liquid is draining from the berries, it is necessary to start preparing a syrup based on water and sugar. The composition must be constantly stirred and brought to a boil. Prepared fruits are added to the finished syrup. The composition is stirred and brought to a boil. After turning off the fire, the berries should "languish" for about 13-14 hours. After the time has elapsed, the hawthorn is placed in an enamel basin and placed on the stove again. The composition should be boiled over low heat, and after boiling, vanillin and citric acid are added to it. The jam will take about 25 minutes to make.
Jelly
To make hawthorn jelly, you need a minimum set of ingredients. In addition, the process will take a small amount of time and effort. Of course, hawthorn fruits (850 g) are used as the main component. They are poured with water (0.5 cups) and brought to a boil. The berries should be steamed to soften.
Please note that stalked hawthorn is used to make the jelly.
After steaming the berries, you need to heat with a kitchen tool for mashed potatoes. A container with hawthorn is placed in a basin with cold water... This is necessary in order for the fruits to cool.
When the mass becomes slightly warm, it is placed in a colander. Previously, the container should be covered with gauze, and a container for draining the juice is placed under the bottom. Then you need to squeeze out the liquid from the berries. The resulting juice is weighed and the appropriate amount of sugar is added to it (proportions should be 1: 1). The ingredients are brought to a boil, while the scale is periodically removed. The resulting hot mixture is poured into small containers and left to cool. After a while, the jelly will be completely ready for use. But it is best not to cover the container with a lid, as otherwise the composition will turn into marmalade.
Compote
Ripe hawthorn fruits produce delicious and useful compote... For cooking, you need ripe berries (0.5 kg), which must be washed and cut to remove the seeds. Further, a syrup is made from water (650 g) and sugar (450 g), for which they put the pan on a small fire. The composition is constantly mixed with a wooden spoon. This should be done until the sugar is completely dissolved. The syrup is brought to a boil and peeled fruits are added to it. The finished mixture is left for 10 hours. After this time, the composition is poured into a clean saucepan and brought to a boil again.
Hawthorns are prized for their excellent taste and are well known for their medicinal properties.
But in order for them to preserve their taste and benefit the body, you need to know how to properly collect and preserve hawthorn.
Rules for collecting and preparing berries for storage
The harvest of this unique one begins at the end of September, when the fruits begin to ripen, and ends with the first frost. The weather for picking berries should be sunny and dry. They pluck them in the afternoon, when the dew leaves, and immediately sort them out, discarding those that are rotten or spoiled by birds. You need to pick not individual berries, but completely shields.
Important! Suitable for harvesting are the fruits of only those plants that are far from roads and railways, industrial plants and garbage dumps.
Immediately after picking, the berries are sorted out, all unripe and with defects are discarded, then the stalks are removed. And the last step is to thoroughly wash the selected berries and let them dry. Your crop is now ready for further processing. 
Freezing
In frozen form, this healing berry can be stored for up to 1 year, and at the same time it retains the lion's share of substances useful for the body. Pre-prepared fruits are placed in the freezer in two ways:
- Place a tray at the bottom or line cling film, sprinkle the hawthorn in one layer, you can put the film on top again and pour another layer. After freezing, it is laid out in bags and stored in the freezer.
- You can immediately put the fruits into special bags with zippers intended for freezing, put them in the chamber and set the “fast freezing” mode.
How to dry the fruit of a plant
Several methods are suitable for drying the berries of this wonderful plant:
- in a special dryer at a temperature not exceeding 60 ° C, since at a higher temperature, valuable substances are destroyed;
- in an electric or gas oven with a slightly open door;
- in the sun, laying the fruits in one layer on a linen cloth and covering them with gauze from flies, periodically turning over and selecting the spoiled ones;
- on batteries in an apartment - berries are hung in fabric bags or poured into cardboard boxes and placed on top.
Properly dried fruits should smell good, be dark burgundy, hard and wrinkled. 
You can store them for no more than two years in linen bags, paper bags, jars with a tight lid. Storage areas should be dry, dark and well ventilated.
Harvesting hawthorn, ground with sugar
Another simple recipe for harvesting hawthorn for the winter is to grind it with sugar. They do it like this: the bones are removed, the pulp is kept in boiling water or in a double boiler for 2-3 minutes, after which it is rubbed through a sieve or twisted in a meat grinder. Sugar is added to the resulting puree at the rate of 2.5 cups per 1 kg of berries, this mixture is heated to 80 ° C so that the sugar melts, and placed in sterile jars. Filled cans are pasteurized for 20-30 minutes in boiling water and rolled up. 
Preserves, jams, mashed potatoes
That is why we love the hawthorn with hostesses, it is for its availability, productivity and a variety of recipes for blanks from it.
- Jam
Hot jam can be prepared as follows: 600 g of granulated sugar are poured over a kilogram of prepared pitted pulp and wait 2-3 hours for the mass to release the juice. The jam is cooked for three days - in the first two days, it is boiled in the evening for 5 minutes and set aside until morning, on the third day it is allowed to boil for 2 minutes and rolled into sterile jars. This type of blank is perfect as a filling for pies. For its preparation, the following components are needed: 2 kg of hawthorn, 1 kg of 600 g of sugar, 800 ml of filtered water, 50 ml of lemon juice. Did you know? Our ancestors believed that hunger (as the people call the hawthorn) is able to protect against evil spirits that send disease to a person.
The peeled berries are placed in a saucepan, water is poured and boiled over low heat until the berries are soft. Then the water is poured into separate container, and the fruits are rubbed through a sieve. Sugar and previously drained water are added to the resulting puree, boil until thick, stirring. At the end, pour in lemon juice. Jars of jam are sterilized for 5 minutes and rolled up. 
To prepare tasty and healthy mashed potatoes for the winter, boil the pitted pulp in water until soft, wait until it cools down and pass through a sieve.
Then add sugar at the rate of 300 g per 2 kg of berries and immediately cork. 
Paste
One more healthy delicacy, which is obtained from the berries of hunger and can replace candy, is marshmallow. Peeled and softened in boiling water, twist the fruits in a meat grinder, add a little honey, melting it in a water bath.
Then put this mixture on a baking sheet moistened with cold water, level and put in a warm oven. When the candy is dry, cut it into pieces and store in a glass container. 
How to prepare juice
Among the many different hawthorn drinks, the easiest to prepare are compotes and juices.
Despite the fact that the fruit itself is not juicy, making juice from it is not a problem. For 2 kg of pitted pulp, take 200 g of sugar and 4 liters of water. The pulp is boiled until soft and rubbed through a sieve, then sugar and the remaining water are added, brought to a boil and poured into jars, which are rolled up and wrapped.By the way, according to a similar recipe, compote is harvested from hawthorn, only sugar is needed twice as much. 
Dried hawthorn for the winter
The process of preparing dried hawthorn is similar to the process of drying berries, only they are pre-soaked for 10-12 hours in saturated sugar syrup, then taken out, allowed to drain and dried in any available way.
Autumn is a wonderful time, spoiling us with all kinds of berries. The blood-red hawthorn fruit is one of the most wonderful and delicious means for improving our body, in general, and the cardiovascular system, in particular.
You can learn more about the biochemical composition, therapeutic effects, contraindications and some methods of harvesting medicinal berries.
I would like to dwell in more detail on the use of hawthorn berries in cooking and traditional medicine, because the dream of most of us is to be treated deliciously! And confirmation of the fact that usefulness can be very pleasant to the taste is all kinds of desserts and drinks made from bloody berries. Ripe hawthorn fruits have a mealy consistency and a delicate sweet-sour taste.
Delicious hawthorn-based sweets
How to make hawthorn jam
Sort the berries (1 kg), rinse with water, put in an enamel or copper dish, add water so that it only covers them, boil until soft, rub through a sieve with the addition of half a kilogram of granulated sugar and one teaspoon of citric acid powder. Cook the berry puree over low heat until thickened. Choose the consistency yourself - if you like a thick jam that needs to be cut with a knife, then cook it longer and vice versa.
How to make hawthorn candy
In the finished thick jam, prepared according to the previous recipe, add sugar and starch at the rate of 0.4 kg of sugar and 0.1 kg of starch per 1 kg of weight. Spread the thoroughly mixed mixture on a wooden board in a layer of 1.5 cm and smooth with a wooden spatula. Use the blunt side of a knife to cut into rectangles, squares or diamonds (optional), cover with a thin layer of powdered sugar and put the board in a well-ventilated place to dry for several days.
Sweets keep well in glass or tin cans under the lid. A few sweet diamonds throughout the day will saturate your body with vitamins and minerals, charge you with vitality and optimism, help your brain with nutrients, and also prevent you from feeling tired.
Caster sugar hawthorn recipe
Peel ripe berries with a knife from sepals, wash under running water, dry on a kitchen towel, spreading out in one layer. Then roll the fruits in powdered sugar and transfer with a spoon to a glass container, occasionally shaking it for tamping. Fill a wide-mouth jar or bottle (for example, ketchup) to ¾. Top up icing sugar, tie with gauze, and on top with parchment and put in a dark place (best on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator) for 2-2.5 months.
Use a healing dessert instead of jam, adding to tea or spreading on sandwiches. Regular consumption of sweets helps to clear blood vessels from atherosclerotic plaques, get rid of chronic fatigue and strengthen the heart muscle.
Healing drinks from hawthorn
Oatmeal jelly with hawthorn
Unique medicine against arterial hypertension and cholecystitis. The daily inclusion in the diet of just one glass of this healing elixir will allow you to normalize blood pressure and significantly improve the condition of the liver and gallbladder.
Bake one kilogram of hawthorn berries until soft in the oven, cool, rub through a sieve, adding 0.1 kg of granulated sugar.
Prepare a decoction of oats: 0.3 kg oatmeal or flakes, pour three liters of cold drinking water, leave to infuse for 12 hours, bring to a boil and strain. The rest of the grits can be used to make milk porridge.
Add oat broth to the berry puree with sugar, mix, pour into a glass jar and store in the refrigerator. Accepted oatmeal jelly 120 ml in the morning and 100 ml in the evening just before meals.
Hawthorn and wort drink
To cook hawthorn puree: after keeping the berries in a dry room at room temperature for at least two days, rinse them, add water, boil until soft and rub through a sieve. Arrange the finished puree in sterilized jars for further storage under nylon lids in the refrigerator. Use mashed potatoes as needed for culinary or medical needs, in this case for making kvass.
Mix in a tablespoon berry puree, natural honey, concentrate for making kvass (sold in supermarkets) with a glass of boiled water (chilled). Pour the drink into a glass, add an ice cube and drink in small sips through a straw. You should drink no more than two glasses of pureed hawthorn kvass per day. Already after a week of drinking the drink, you will notice a surge of vitality, an improvement in memory and clarity of thinking, the disappearance of migraines caused by changeable weather conditions.
Drink with dried hawthorn and chicory root
Consuming hawthorn chicory powder regularly is not only a substitute for traditional caffeinated drinks, but also a great way to improve your health. This coffee substitute has a diuretic effect, eliminating puffiness by removing excess fluid from the tissues, gently lowers blood pressure, increases immunity, cleanses blood vessels, and heals the liver and digestive tract organs.
Grind ½ kg of dried hawthorn and 150 g of chicory root (dry) into a powder in a coffee grinder, store in a sealed glass jar... Use instead of black tea or strong coffee for vivacity, improved performance, vitality and brain functions in a dosage of 1 teaspoon per glass of boiling water. Cream is added to the drink if desired, whole milk, natural bee honey or sugar. It is recommended that no more than 2 glasses of the healing drink per day.
The use of juice, alcohol tincture and infusion of dried hawthorn fruits in folk medicine
V medicinal purposes juice of fresh hawthorn fruits is taken in 50 ml at the same time with a tablespoon of bee honey three times a day.
An infusion of dried fruits is recommended for the treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis. 50 grams of berries are poured with boiling water in a half-liter thermos overnight. The filtered drink is consumed in 100 ml four times a day half an hour before a meal.
You can learn more about how to prepare and use alcohol tincture of hawthorn (on vodka) in therapy.
Carefully! It should be noted that you should not overuse tasty and useful fruits to prevent heart failure and a sharp drop in blood pressure. On a day, you can enjoy only a glass of fresh berries or their equivalent in ready-made form.
Due to the unique composition of hawthorn and a huge number of biologically active phytonutrients, any recipes based on it are popular among the people. Berries are especially useful for the elderly, patients with infectious diseases and people who constantly experience heavy physical exertion.
Hawthorn is a thorny, tall shrub on which slightly oblong red fruits grow. They are sweet and slightly viscous in taste. In the spring at the end of May, pink or white flowers with an unpleasant odor bloom on this small tree. The berries ripen in late summer and early autumn. For the treatment of various ailments, bark, flowers and fruits of a medicinal plant are used.
If a person is exposed to stress and has nervous stress due to problems at work, etc., then the medicinal plant will help to cope with these ailments. Hawthorn normalizes lipid metabolism, effectively copes with the removal of excess water and toxins. It helps to lower cholesterol, which is why it is used in combination with weight loss diets.
Decoctions from the fruits of the bush are useful for patients who have had myocardial infarction. If the patient has shortness of breath, then tea from flowers or hawthorn berries will relieve it. In addition to all of the above, a natural medicine is used for pathologies of the biliary tract, thyroid gland, and liver.
Ursolic acid, which is part of the plant, has a vasodilating, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory effect. Scientists have also found that the fruits of the bush have anti-tumor effects.
How to harvest hawthorn
It is recommended to pick flowers from the shrub in June. It is advisable to choose not rainy, hot days for harvesting, then put them in a well-ventilated room or under a canopy, cover with gauze so as not to scatter, and let them dry out.
The fruits are harvested when they are ripe, sometime in September. You can dry them in a warm oven or drying cabinet for vegetables, fruits, berries. Then store in a linen bag or cloth bag in a dry place. These fruits can retain their properties for up to eight years.
Dried hawthorn
The dried berries of the thorny shrub contain organic acids, minerals, natural fructose and vitamins (A, E, C, K and B). From dried fruits, teas are brewed and infusions are made, which, in addition to the above useful properties, also have a tonic effect. You can take hawthorn only after you study its contraindications.
Recipes for making medicinal drinks
Herbalists have long advised the berries and flowers of the plant to be used for insomnia, coughing, shortness of breath, nervous overexcitement, fever and palpitations. Read on for how to make drinks properly.
Hawthorn compote
Compote is made from the fruits of the plant. Berries must be fresh, frozen or dried, and free from flaws. For a glass of hawthorn, three liters of water and a cup of sugar are enough, and add granulated sugar just before use. You can also add other berries to the compote, it is good if you dip the sliced lemon into the drink at the end of cooking. In such a drink, useful vitamins are preserved for a long time.
Many housewives stock up on a medicinal, vitamin drink for the winter. The recipe for the drink is the same as described above, only the berries must be placed in a container, then filled with water and sugar and sterilized, and then rolled up with lids. The medicinal drink should be kept in a cool dark cellar.
Hawthorn tea
For tea you need flowers, leaves of a plant. Brew hot drink- just like ordinary tea. Take 25 grams of dried leaves or flowers, pour boiling water over (250 grams). After 25 minutes, you can drink a glass, four times a day.
If the patient is tormented by nervous disorders, insomnia, then in addition to hawthorn (10 grams), you need to add chamomile (10 grams), motherwort (10 grams) to the tea. And drink in courses: use three weeks, a week - a break, so three times.
Hawthorn tincture
For vegetative-vascular pathologies, heart neurosis, arrhythmias, phytotherapists prescribe a tincture of hawthorn fruits and flowers. Such a potion is sold in pharmacies, but if you have the ingredients, you can prepare it yourself. To do this, take 25 grams of berries or flowers (50 grams) and fill with vodka or alcohol (100 grams). Insist for half a month in a dark place. Take the resulting medicine three times a day, 30-40 drops before a meal.
Hawthorn decoction
Pour three large spoons of dried fruit hot water(3 glasses), then leave for 12 hours, let it infuse. Consume one glass at a time before breakfast, lunch and dinner. Do not drink the broth under reduced pressure.
Contraindications for medicinal potion
Hawthorn is not toxic and, nevertheless, this potion has contraindications:
- should not be used in case of hypotension;
- in case of individual intolerance, stop taking the drug;
- lactating mothers and pregnant women are allowed to drink tea, a decoction of fruits under the supervision of a doctor, so as not to harm the child;
- if there is nausea, vomiting, dizziness, then you may have an overdose, immediately stop taking the medicinal plant;
- when using other medicines, you should consult a specialist doctor about taking hawthorn.
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The word "hawthorn" in Greek means "strong", because this shrub with strong wood survives in any conditions. 1250 types of bushes are decorative both in spring and autumn, thanks to carved leaves, white or red inflorescences and bright red, pink, orange and black berries. The two most common types of hawthorn are blood red and cordial. You can find the names "prickly hawthorn", "glad", "lady-tree", "boyarka", "gludina", yapush-khan ". For medicinal purposes, fruits are used, as well as bark, flowers and leaves, which have approximately the same effect.
Legends are made about the beneficial properties of hawthorn! Our ancestors greatly appreciated the hawthorn. In ancient manuscripts, there are many references to the popularity of hawthorn in healing from various ailments, especially heart disease.
During the Second World War, hawthorn was used as a substitute for heart drugs, which were in short supply at that time.
The ancient Greeks baked bread from dried and ground berries. They believed that hawthorn thorns have magical powers, so they were fixed at the entrance to the house, frightening off evil spirits, and the Buryats with hawthorn branches drove away the disease over the child's cradle. The newlyweds weaved wreaths on the altar of Hymen, so that family life was happy and long.
Collection and processing
Almost all parts of the hawthorn are used for medicinal purposes. But flowers and fruits are especially valued. Flowers are harvested on shrubs in the initial period of flowering. It is important not to miss it, as it blooms for only 3-5 days. Do not collect ice after rain, with dew: this will complicate processing. The collection point must also be environmentally friendly. After two hours, the raw materials should be in the dryer with a temperature of 40 degrees. You can also air dry with limited access to sunlight by spreading the inflorescences in a thin layer on paper. The shelf life of such blanks is 1 year.
The fruits are harvested in September-October during the period of full ripeness, it is possible after the first frost.
You can dry them up and also use a dryer with a temperature of 60 degrees.
If you have to dry in the oven, then do not close it tightly for ventilation. Berries must be monitored periodically. The readiness of the raw material can be determined by the fact that the berries do not stick together in the fist. The shelf life of dry fruits is 8 years.
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What are the benefits of fruits
The hawthorn may have lost its magical properties, but its healing qualities are still highly valued. This is not surprising if you look at its composition: vitamins A, C, K and E, up to 10% fructose, starch, sorbitol, organic acids, essential oils, choline, pectin, tannins, and in the seeds - up to 38% oil. Flowers, despite the smell of herring brine (due to the presence of a special substance - indole), contain up to 19% essential oil. The bark contains flavonoids that support normal liver function.
But the main value of this plant is the content of ursolic acid, which is very rare and indispensable for health. This substance dilates blood vessels, relieves inflammation, tumors, is an excellent diuretic and an active collagen stimulator for skin rejuvenation.
The fruits are rich in pectin - an excellent antioxidant that removes toxins, poisons, and toxins from the body. Antioxidants improve blood circulation and prevent vascular damage. Homeopaths call hawthorn "medicine for the old heart". After all, it cures heart disease when other medicines no longer help. How to brew hawthorn fruits, read on.
The healing properties of hawthorn
Hawthorn is primarily a heart remedy. It restores normal heartbeat in both tachycardia and bradycardia; useful for people with heart failure. Relieves chest pain if it is caused by a circulatory disorder. Expanding the lumen of blood vessels and filling them with oxygen, relieves ischemic disease.
Hawthorn improves the blood supply to the heart muscle, thereby enhancing myocardial contractility. It also expands the vessels of the brain, which improves cerebral blood supply. Treats post-infarction conditions.
It is used in the treatment of hypertension and atherosclerosis. Fruits enhance the excretion of cholesterol from the body, treats obesity of the heart. Diabetics highly rate it as a sugar regulator.
Traditional healers treat hawthorn also for migraines, menopause, nervous exhaustion, epilepsy and allergies.
Hawthorn is able to enhance the effect of sleeping pills. Its combination with sleeping pills or with herbs that calm the nervous system has a stronger effect.
Best of all, hawthorn interacts with valerian, oats, motherwort, fireweed, dried cassava.
In addition, fruits, unlike flowers, contain more mucus, which envelops the mucous surface of the stomach. It is used for peptic ulcer disease... The fruits are used to relieve hepatic colic that occurs with cholecystitis or gallstone disease, flowers and leaves also cleanse the blood well, treat skin diseases.
For meteorological patients, the tincture helps to survive unfavorable weather days, and also relieves shortness of breath, edema.
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Side effects.
Hawthorn also has side effects. In addition to hypersensitivity, hawthorn should not be used by children under 12 years of age, as well as by those taking antiarrhythmic drugs. If consumed excessively, it can cause rapid heart rate, headache and indigestion, and kidney problems.
The berry should not be consumed by pregnant and lactating mothers. Hawthorn reduces high blood pressure, so you should strictly monitor the dosage.
The norm is a glass of berries (150 grams). Failure to comply with this rule can cause symptoms of hypotension: drowsiness, weakness, dizziness, fainting.
Hawthorn recipes
Hawthorn is consumed fresh, dried, frozen. In the treatment, different dosage forms are used: teas, tinctures, jelly, marshmallows are prepared from it.
Tea
When brewing tea, 20 g of berries or a tablespoon of flowers are poured with 200 ml of boiling water. Drink one glass twice a day before meals. You can add honey. Such a collection is also suitable: 4 parts of hawthorn berries, 4 parts of motherwort, 4 parts of dried cinnamon and one part of chamomile flowers. Take a tablespoon of this collection for 250 ml of water. Drink a tablespoon three times a day.
Decoction of fruits.
A spoonful of fruit is boiled in a glass of water for 15 minutes. Then it is filtered, the infusion is supplemented to 200 ml and a tablespoon is drunk three times a day.
How to properly brew hawthorn in a thermos.
Pour 7 tablespoons of hawthorn into a thermos (to support the brain, you can mix it in half with a rosehip) pour 2 liters of boiling water and leave for a day. Then strain, squeeze the berries, and put the infusion in the refrigerator. Drink one glass at a time for two to three weeks.
Hawthorn juice.
For juicing, choose only the ripe and freshest fruits.
Squeeze the berries through a juicer and take 100ml three times a day.
Hawthorn tincture.
For the preparation of the tincture, you can take both fresh and dried flowers, leaves and fruits. We also need forty-degree vodka. Fill the flowers or hawthorn fruits with vodka so that it completely covers the raw materials. Cover the vessel, leave in a warm place for a month and a half. The vessel is shaken every day. Strain the medicine and store in a dark place. Directions for use: a teaspoon in the morning and evening for a month, after a week's break, the cycle can be repeated.
Along with the healing effect of hawthorn, its the nutritional value... The calorie content of hawthorn is low (53 cal./100 g). You can make kvass, compote, jam, jam, marshmallow, jelly, confiture from it. The dried powder is also used in the confectionery industry, giving products a natural fruity flavor. The bark is used industrially as a natural red dye for fabrics.
Summing up, it should be noted that usually hawthorn medications show an effect only with long-term regular use. Hawthorn is very useful, but with uncontrolled intake, non-compliance with contraindications, there may be an effect opposite to the expected one. The result of treatment depends on many factors: the place of collection of raw materials, adherence to the preparation technology of the medicine, medical indications and contraindications, the general condition of the body. If you seriously decide to be treated with hawthorn, start by consulting your doctor.
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Hawthorn fruit- these are red or black berries of an oblong shape with a fleshy pulp. The plant itself is an unpretentious shrub that can grow in the wild on the banks of rivers or at the edge of the forest, in a cultivated form it is grown in dachas and in front gardens.
Hawthorn is used mainly as a medicinal plant for diseases of the cardiovascular systems, and not only in folk recipes, but it is also recognized by mainstream medicine.
The chemical composition of hawthorn contains a large amount of vitamin C, fructose, starch, essential oils, flavonoids, pectin substances and various acids - ascorbic, malic, citric and others.
Hawthorn has a calming effect, lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Hawthorn remedies promote sound sleep.
Coffee can be made from dry hawthorn fruits, and in combination with its leaves, tea is brewed. The fruits ground in a coffee grinder are added to the dough to acquire a beautiful shade. Fresh hawthorn berries are used to make compotes and jams (sometimes in combination with currants and sour apples), grind with sugar.
Hawthorn compote recipe, based on apple juice
hawthorn compote
You will need the following products:
- 1 kg of ripe hawthorn berries;
- 1 glass of sour apple juice;
- 300 g sugar (for sugar syrup);
- 1 liter of water (for sugar syrup).
Rinse the berries thoroughly, remove the seeds from them and discard the stalks. Place the berries in a cooking bowl and cover with sour apple juice. Let the compote simmer for three minutes.
Pour boiling sugar syrup, which must be prepared in advance from sugar and water. Pour the compote into clean, sterilized jars. Plug up.
In the absence of apple juice, in this recipe, it can be replaced with a solution of citric acid and water in a proportion of 3 mg per 1 liter.
Sweet Hawthorn Berry Jam Recipe
hawthorn jam
- 1 kg of ripe hawthorn fruit;
- 2 glasses of water;
- 800 g sugar;
- 3 g citric acid.
Separate the hawthorn fruits from the stalks, rinse well in running water and put them together with the seeds in a bowl for making jam. Add the required amount of water and cook on the lowest heat until the berries are tender. Pour the broth into a separate bowl. Chop the pulp of the berries by rubbing through a colander or sieve and mix with the broth. Add sugar. Put on low heat again, cook, stirring occasionally.
When the berry mass begins to lag behind the bottom of the pan, then the jam is ready. Add citric acid, which can be replaced with sour fruit juice to taste if necessary.
Pour hot jam into sterilized jars and roll up.
Hawthorn berries, ground with sugar
- 1 kg of hawthorn berries;
- 300 + 500 g granulated sugar.
Rinse the berries well, separate the stalks and seeds. Place the fruits in a deep bowl and cover with boiling water. Let the berries blanch for 3 minutes. Drain the water, rub the berries through a sieve or drushlag using a wooden pestle, or grind with a blender, gradually adding sugar in small portions. Put the berry mass in sterilized jars, add a little sugar on top and close with plastic lids. Store in the refrigerator.
Hawthorn coffee recipe
hawthorn coffee
- hawthorn fruit;
- chicory.
Steam the hawthorn fruit for 3-4 minutes. Pour in hot boiled water and drain immediately. Dry the berries in the shade and then in the oven.
Grind the amount of dry berries required for brewing coffee in a coffee grinder and prepare like regular coffee.
Add chicory if desired. For 2-3 parts of hawthorn fruit, take 0.5 teaspoon of chicory.
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- The composition of the medicinal plant
- The healing properties of hawthorn
- Pharmacy products
- Treatment of prostatitis
- Hawthorn varieties
Hawthorn fruits and flowers provide tremendous health benefits. Their properties are used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the heart, blood vessels, normalization of pressure and digestion, overcoming fatigue, insomnia, and eliminating the consequences of nervous overstrain. Wild berries were already used in ancient China and Asia. In the 16th century, cultivated plant species were bred. At first, hawthorn was found to be useful in eliminating loose stools in dysentery. Then they began to use it to improve the functioning of the heart and the state of blood vessels.
The composition of the medicinal plant
Accurate chemical composition explaining the beneficial properties of hawthorn is still unknown. It is believed that the healing effect is achieved flavonoids, plant polyphenols. In addition to giving the fruits one color or another, they help to eliminate the fragility of the walls of blood vessels, neutralize free radicals in the body.
- quercitrin maintains elasticity, reduces capillary permeability, has an antitumor and antioxidant effect;
- quercetin a wonderful tool for the prevention and treatment of cerebral circulation disorders, cardiovascular diseases. Adequate intake of quercetin reduces the risk of cataract formation.
- hyperoside increases the utilization of glucose, increases the use of oxygen, enriches the heart with potassium ions. As a result, contractility increases. myocardium, the middle layer of the heart muscle, as well as the value of cardiac output.
- vitexin dilates blood vessels, strengthens metabolic processes in the heart muscle.
Hawthorn flowers and fruits are also beneficial due to the properties of their constituent acids:
- ursolic has a wound healing and anti-inflammatory effect;
- oleanol tones up and enhances the blood supply to the heart and brain;
- chlorogenic It has an anti-sclerotic effect, is useful for normalizing the function of the kidneys, liver, and has a choleretic effect.
- coffee shop it has strong antibacterial properties, it also promotes the secretion of bile.
The fruits of the plant are especially rich in carotene, provitamin A, as well as vitamins C, E, K. Some varieties by the amount of carotene in berries are comparable to carrots or rose hips. Fruits contain sugars as well sorbitol recommended in case of diabetes mellitus.
The amount of tannins after freezing decreases, the berries become sweeter and less tart.
The healing properties of hawthorn
Reception of the fruits and flowers of the plant in the form of an infusion, tincture, decoction benefits the whole body, exerting a complex effect on various organs and systems.
Heart... Providing a vasodilating effect, hawthorn benefits from the property of toning the heart muscle, ensuring an adequate supply of oxygen. The frequency decreases, the rhythm is established, the strength of the heart contractions increases. As a result, the excitability of the heart decreases, its fatigue is relieved, the coronary blood flow and cerebral circulation improve.
Hawthorn in one or another dosage form is useful for reducing the manifestations of mild forms of atrial fibrillation, tachycardia.
Vessels... The plant normalizes blood clotting indicators, cholesterol levels, and prevents the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. It is used in case of vasospasm.
Nervous system... Rendering sedative(soothing, but without the onset of drowsiness) action, useful plant reduces excitability nervous system, helps to eliminate insomnia, helps to normalize sleep.
Digestive system... Taking infusions and tinctures helps with gastritis in any form, flatulence, in case of difficulty in digestion in children. It is used to eliminate loose stools.
Flowers and fruits of the plant help to cope with headaches, dizziness, shortness of breath. The rendered antioxidant effect prevents the formation of tumors of various nature, increases immunity, helps to recover faster after suffering infectious diseases.
Breastfeeding mothers use the beneficial property of hawthorn to stimulate milk production.
The use of the plant in cosmetics helps to restore the natural moisture of the skin, tones, relieves swelling, eliminates the manifestations of age-related changes.
Pharmacy products
As a rule, flowers and fruits of common hawthorn, prickly, blood-red and other small-fruited species are used to prepare medicines with a number of useful properties. They are better studied and contain a significant amount of compounds that normalize the work of the heart.
Hawthorn fruit are produced in various dosage forms: herbal raw materials, powder, lozenges, tincture, extract. Their use in eliminating arrhythmias, they are also used to calm the central nervous system, lower cholesterol levels, normalize blood clotting, increase milk production, and eliminate digestive disorders in infants.
Flowers in comparison with fruits, they have a better ability to lower blood pressure.
Hawthorn tincture prepared from crushed dry fruits in 70% alcohol.
Cardiovalen, drops for oral administration due to the adoniside, tincture valerian, extract hawthorn useful property to increase the strength of heart contractions, have a sedative effect.
Valemidin, alcohol drops to eliminate spasm of smooth muscles of blood vessels and internal organs, also have a sedative effect.
Fitorelax, produced in tablet form, contains rhizome valerian and hawthorn flower extract... Benefits due to sedative properties, helps to cope with insomnia, increased nervous irritability.
Kedrovit in the shape of elixir, not a dosed liquid dosage form, tones up, increases the body's resistance to harmful effects, helps to quickly cope with overwork. Contains flowers and fruits hawthorn, Birch buds, Pine nuts, honey, berries chokeberry.
Amrita, elixir in the form of a mixture of alcohol-water extracts of plant raw materials rose hips, elecampane, ginger, cardamom, juniper, thyme, fruits licorice andhawthorn ... Its benefits and medicinal properties are manifested by a tonic and restorative effect.
Demidov syrup has a choleretic effect, eliminates spasm of smooth muscles, reduces the formation of gas during flatulence, stimulates peristalsis. Contains fruits hawthorn, calamus, Birch buds, bark oak, oregano.
How to brew hawthorn at home. Juice, tea, infusions, tincture
During the season, it is useful to drink diluted juice from fresh fruits. It improves blood circulation, normalizes the digestive system.
Hawthorn tea recipe... In the evening, put 20-30 berries in a thermos, you can add rose hips, brew 1 liter of boiling water. Healthy tea is ready in the morning. It is better to brew the whole fruit as it retains more of the benefits.
From dried fruits and flowers of hawthorn, which have a lot of useful properties, you can prepare an infusion.
The easiest cooking recipe hawthorn infusion at home - boil whole berries with boiling water and leave overnight in a thermos at the rate of a couple of handfuls of fruits per 1 liter of boiling water. Take a third of a glass an hour before meals 3-4 times a day. Its properties are useful for arrhythmias, angina pectoris, to eliminate nervous excitement.
If the berries are crushed, the infusion can be obtained faster. Brew 1c l. chopped berries with a glass of boiling water. In half an hour, the home remedy is ready. Take 1/3 cup one hour before meals.
Hawthorn tincture prepared from crushed dried fruits or flowers. They insist on vodka for two weeks at the rate of 2 glasses of vodka per 4c.l. vegetable raw materials. The finished tincture is filtered. It is taken 25-30 drops with water one hour before meals.
In the flower tincture there are more medicinal and useful properties for getting rid of hypertension, angina pectoris.
The use of hawthorn for heart disease
The plant is widely used to treat heart disease. As a rule, they manifest themselves with various symptoms. Sometimes fatigue increases, weakness is felt even in the absence of physical activity, and night rest does not restore strength. Impaired cerebral circulation causes fainting, loss of consciousness. Swelling, shortness of breath, and a feeling of tightness in the chest may develop suddenly, especially when lying down. When these symptoms appear, you should definitely consult a doctor.
Heart failure
If, for one reason or another, the heart muscle loses its ability to contract sufficiently strongly, the rest of the organs begin to experience oxygen starvation. To normalize blood circulation, it is necessary to take hawthorn, a useful property to prevent fatigue of the heart muscle, to have a tonic and intensifying effect.
Hawthorn Tea Balm... Add 2c l to 100 g of black tea. rose hips, 1 tsp. hawthorn berries, 1c. l. motherwort, 1c. l. peppermint, 1 tsp valerian, 1 tsp. chamomile flowers. Brew and drink like regular tea.
Hawthorn juice... Wash a glass of fresh or thawed fruits after freezing, chop, add a little water, heat up to + 30C. Place the raw material in cheesecloth and squeeze out the juice with a spoon. Take 1 s. L. an hour before meals. The remaining cake is suitable for brewing; you can prepare an infusion from it.
Hawthorn infusion... Brew 1c l. chopped fruits with a glass of boiling water, leave for half an hour, drain. Take half a glass in the morning and at night.
When preparing the infusion, you can take 2 parts of hawthorn and motherwort flowers, add 1 part each peppermint and hop cones. Brew 1c l. mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for half an hour, drain. Drink a glass throughout the day. Mint dilates blood vessels, hops soothes.
Coronary artery disease (CHD), angina pectoris and myocardial infarction
If myocardium, the middle layer of the heart muscle, does not receive enough oxygen, muscle spasm occurs, accompanied by heaviness in the chest, squeezing. As a rule, coronary heart disease develops as a result of a malfunction coronary arteries through which the myocardium is supplied with oxygenated blood. A common cause is atherosclerosis, deposition on the walls of blood vessels of cholesterol and the formation atheromatous plaques.
The chronic form of the disease is called angina or angina pectoris she manifested by attacks, removed by nitroglycerin. The acute form of ischemic heart disease is called myocardial infarction.
- For the prevention of ischemic heart disease, it is useful to take infusion of fruits and flowers in courses hawthorn, useful property to lower cholesterol levels, normalize blood pressure and heart rate. For taste, you can prepare the infusion along with the fruits. rose hips.
- For the prevention of angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, it is worth preparing an infusion hawthorn and motherwort... Mix 1 tsp. chopped berries or flowers with motherwort grass, brew in a glass of boiling water, insist for an hour, strain. Take 1/3 cup one hour before meals.
- Taking 1 part of the fruit hawthorn and motherwort, add 2 parts valerian and fruits feinhel, useful property to have a calming effect. Brew 1c l. collecting a glass of boiling water, simmer in a water bath for 15 minutes. When the infusion has cooled, strain. Take 1/3 cup 2 hours after meals.
- Infusion for angina pectoris can be prepared from some berries. To brew hawthorn at the rate of 1sl. fruits for 1 glass of boiling water, insist overnight in a thermos. In the morning, drain the infusion by squeezing the berries through a thin cloth. Take a glass one hour before meals.
After suffering a myocardial infarction, 2 times a day, 1/2 glass of hawthorn juice and 1 tsp. vegetable oil... Some time later, instead of tea, take a weak infusion of berries.
Does hawthorn increase or decrease blood pressure?
The medicinal plant benefits from the property of normalizing high or low blood pressure, which is why it is used in recipes from hypertension and hypotension.
High blood pressure recipes
When hypertension the risk of stroke and heart attack increases. High blood pressure readings can also signal kidney problems.
The beneficial property of hawthorn to reduce blood pressure is used in the recipe of the famous folk remedy... Mix 1 tsp. shredded fruit, and motherwort, dry hen, add some dried chamomile flowers... Brew with a glass of boiling water. After an hour, strain the infusion. Take 1 s. L. an hour before meals.
From hawthorn flowers another remedy is being prepared. Dried plant material at the rate of 1c.l. the glass is brewed in the evening, infused overnight in a sealed container. Take 1 glass an hour before meals for a month.
Another recipe for high blood pressure. Mix in 3 parts hawthorn flowers, motherwort, 2 parts of fruit chokeberry, 1 part sweet clover... Brew at the rate of 1c.l. collecting boiling water in a glass. Insist in a thermos overnight. Take a third of the glass one hour before meals.
Mix 3 tsp. hawthorn flowers and 2c. l. herbs initial caps medicinal, it benefits due to the property of normalizing vascular tone and blood clotting. Pour the mixture with three glasses of cold water. Bring to a boil, leave for 5 hours. Take a glass one hour before meals.
A simple recipe for hypotension
With low blood pressure, weakness and dizziness often occur, hypotensive patients do not tolerate heat well. But their health improves with sufficient physical activity. To maintain their tone, they need to drink hawthorn infusion.
For its preparation, flowers and fruits are used at the rate of 2 tsp. dried chopped berries and 1 tsp. flowers on a glass of boiling water. After a couple of hours, strain, take 1 glass an hour before meals or after 2 hours a field of food.
Hawthorn treatment of vascular diseases, atherosclerosis
The walls of healthy vessels are elastic; if necessary, their tone can be easily changed. In the case of the formation of cholesterol deposits, a decrease in elasticity, the lumen decreases or becomes uneven, as in varicose veins... As a result, the organs do not receive the required amount of oxygen, and the outflow of blood worsens.
- For prevention and treatment varicose veins take 3 parts hawthorn flowers and oregano, 4 parts St. John's wort and motherwort. Brew 1c l in the evening. mixture with a glass of water, infuse overnight. Take 1/2 cup one hour before meals.
- The following composition also helps. Take 1 part hawthorn berries, chamomile flowers, oregano, kidney tea, 2 parts each peppermint and motherwort. Brew 1c l overnight. mixture with a glass of boiling water. Take 1/2 cup an hour before meals.
If atherosclerosis affects the arteries of the brain, happens stroke, renal arteries - hypertension, coronary arteries - ischemic heart disease.
The causes of this disease are considered to be an improper lifestyle, metabolic disorders, thyroid diseases, which cause an increase in blood cholesterol levels. Cholesterol itself, a natural fatty alcohol, is necessary for the body in certain quantities, it is specially produced by the liver.
- For atherosclerosis, the beneficial properties of hawthorn flowers are used. The following infusion is prepared from them. Brew 1c l. dried flowers, leave for 15 minutes, drain. Take 1/2 cup half an hour before meals.
- If you use the fruits, it is better to insist them in a thermos for 2 hours. Take 1-2 s.l. an hour before meals.
- For the prevention of coronary artery disease, stroke, the following recipe is effective. Take in 2 parts hawthorn fruit and rose hips, 1 part of the fruit chokeberry and carrot seed... Brew 3c l. mixture with a liter of boiling water, leave for 3 hours. Take 1/2 cup 6 times a day.
- Chopped hawthorn berries at the rate of 1c.l. for 0.5 liters of water, cook over low heat for half an hour, adding 2c. l. sand. Keep refrigerated. Take from atherosclerosis in 1 s. L. an hour before meals and at night.
The benefits of hawthorn for fatigue and stress relief
The healing properties of flowers and fruits are used to prevent a healthy state of the heart and blood vessels, normalize blood pressure, they help to cope with nervous exhaustion.
It is no secret that constant mobilization during a busy working day tires the nervous system, causes an increase in pressure, and increases the heart rate. Irritability, headaches appear, sleep is disturbed.
Hawthorn fruits are useful for reducing the excitement of the nervous system, dilating blood vessels. As a result, cerebral and cardiac blood circulation improves, and the supply of a sufficient amount of oxygen increases.
- To fall asleep better and sleep soundly, wake up refreshed, in the morning, brew some berries in a thermos. Take ready-made tea at night, you can use honey.
- Brew 1c l. berries with a glass of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 1 hour. Take 3c l. 3-4 times a day one hour before meals.
- Hawthorn and St. John's wort tea benefits from the ability to eliminate anxiety, irritability. Mix the crushed fruits and grass in equal amounts, brew 1c. L. mixture with a glass of boiling water. Tea is ready in 15 minutes.
Treatment of metabolic disorders with hawthorn
It is no secret that the quality of food of a modern inhabitant is far from ideal, often it is necessary to use low-quality or poorly combined products. Lack of fresh vegetables and fruits does not allow the intestines to regularly get rid of harmful substances. As a result, metabolic processes are disrupted, cholesterol levels increase, high blood pressure becomes a constant companion, and the work of the heart becomes difficult.
In the case of gastritis, the stomach lining becomes inflamed. To eliminate heartburn and other unpleasant manifestations of the disease, an infusion of hawthorn and peppermint is beneficial. To prepare it, mix and brew for 1 tsp. each component with a glass of boiling water. In half an hour, the infusion is ready.
Due to a violation of metabolic processes in the gallbladder, stagnation occurs, which is why stones are formed. This prevents the liver from effectively purifying the blood from harmful substances, worsens the general condition of the body.
The hawthorn flower infusion benefits from the ability to normalize metabolic processes; it is used in the treatment of diseases of the digestive system. The infusion is prepared at the rate of 1c. L. on a glass of boiling water, infused for 1 hour. Take 1/4 cup one hour before meals.
Treatment of prostatitis
Hawthorn is useful for warning prostatitis and adenoma of the prostate, a benign tumor, the appearance of which is believed to be associated with age-related changes in hormonal levels. In addition to discomfort in the lower abdomen, the disease is manifested by fatigue and irritability.
Use hawthorn tea normalizes sexual function, at the same time soothes and improves heart function.
The following collection is also useful for men: mix 1 part hawthorn flowers and peppermint, 2 parts Veronica officinalis, in 3 parts ivan-tea flowers and highlander bird... Brew 1 tbsp. mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 20-30 minutes. Take 1/3 cup one hour before meals.
Hawthorn varieties
The ancient plant is distinguished by a variety of species, it grows in different countries. In Russia and the CIS, the most common varieties blood red (Siberian), barbed (ordinary), monopod (single-celled). In addition, varieties are grown daurian, Altaic, Ukrainian and many others used for the prevention and treatment of numerous diseases.
Blood Red (Siberian)
Shrub or small tree up to 4 m high with straight sparse long (up to 5 cm) spines. Flowering is short, 3-4 days. As a rule, it happens in May-June and is accompanied by an unpleasant smell of stale fish.
Round berries 8-10cm with 3-4 seeds are edible, have a sour taste, ripen in September-October. The first crop appears in 7 years or later.
The plant is unpretentious, tolerates frost and drought well, poor soil. Lives 300-400 years. Often used in hedges. In the wild, it is common in the taiga of Siberia, in the Far East near a source of moisture.
Prickly (common)
It grows as a shrub or tree up to 5m. Hawthorn berries are small, about 1 cm in diameter. Differs in slow growth, occurs in the wild throughout Europe.
Differs in shade tolerance, undemanding to the composition of the soil, easily tolerates shearing and shaping. It is widely used to create difficult-to-pass natural fences.
Monopestile (one-celled)
Popular in the southern and central regions of Russia, grows in Central Asia, in the Caucasus. Unlike the prickly variety, it has a high growth rate. Lives up to 200-300 years in the form of a tree up to 3-6m. Spines are rare, 1 cm long. There is one seed in the berries, fruiting begins after 6 years.
Forms many shoots, easily tolerates haircuts. A lot of decorative varieties have been bred, differing in the shape of the crown, leaves, the absence of thorns, and constant flowering.
Planting, reproduction and care. Creating a hedge
Hawthorns are propagated stratified seeds(seasoned in the cold before germination), root suckers and cuttings, layering, grafting.
Seed propagation (from the seed) is used if you want to grow a hedge, since this method loses the beneficial properties of the hawthorn variety. The seeds can be planted in the fall from slightly unripe fruits. Moreover, it is thicker, since many do not sprout. When planting in spring, the seeds should be kept for several months at a temperature of +1 .. + 3C.
In the first year, the seedling grows by 10-12 cm. In the second or third year, when it reaches about half a meter in height, the first pruning of the plant is performed. 3-6 lower buds are left, which is why lateral shoots begin to grow intensively. They are also cut off, leaving no more than two.
Saplings are planted in a permanent place at the age of two, so they take root best. Hawthorn seedlings should not be placed next to an apple, pear, plum tree, since these plants have common pests.
They dig a hole 50x50 cm, the distance between the holes is up to 2 m. Pour a fertile soil layer at the bottom, add humus, mineral fertilizers. The root collar is buried 3-5 cm. Water well and keep the soil moist for two weeks.
In the future, regularly cutting the bush, it is given the necessary shape and height.
For better fruiting, hawthorns require sun. The rest of the plant is drought and frost resistant. The first crop appears in 5-6 years. Fruiting is usually annual or every other year. One plant produces up to 20 kg of berries.
The "prickly" properties of hawthorn are useful for growing shrubs as hedges. The seedlings are planted in trenches 50-70cm deep and 50cm wide. The distance between the bushes should not exceed 50cm. They are formed by trimming half the length of the one-year growth. In the fall, add superphosphate and potassium salt.
Harvesting flowers and fruits for the winter
The beneficial properties of hawthorn flowers in the treatment of a number of diseases are manifested more effectively than in fruits. Therefore, they are also harvested for the winter.
The main enemy when harvesting flowers is high humidity. Dry weather is required, which is complicated by a short flowering period, often lasting only 2-3 days.
Fully opened flowers are harvested. They are carefully cut along with a small part of the stem. It is best to do this in the morning when the dew is completely dry. The harvested crop is scattered in a thin layer in a dry, shaded and well-ventilated place.
Dried flowers are stored for up to a year in cloth bags, paper bags, wooden boxes with paper on the bottom.
In order to preserve the beneficial properties of hawthorn fruits as much as possible, they also try to pick them in dry weather in September-October. After going through and washing, the berries are dried at temperatures up to + 50C. As a result, they darken and shrivel, acquire a sweet astringent taste. Stored similar to flowers, but up to two years.
When harvesting hawthorn berries for the winter, they can be stored in the freezer. The sorted and washed fruits are slightly dried on a towel, and then laid out in plastic containers with a lid.
Contraindications and possible harm
Any plant is beneficial only if it is used correctly, which is especially important in the case of cardiovascular diseases. Before using the beneficial properties of hawthorn on your own, you should consult your doctor, especially in the case of severe cardiac or kidney disorders.
- Taking it for an excessively long time can cause depression of the heart rate.
- Eating excessive amounts of fruit can cause mild poisoning.
- If treated on an empty stomach, intestinal or vascular spasm may occur, and vomiting may occur. In this situation, it is worth taking infusions and tinctures two hours after eating, reducing the concentration or dose of the folk remedy.
- When treating with hawthorn, do not immediately drink cold water, otherwise it may happen intestinal colic, paroxysmal pain.
- In some cases, for a more effective use of the beneficial properties of hawthorn in the treatment of heart diseases, hypotensive patients should use infusions not of fruits, but of plant flowers.
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extremely useful, and what can be prepared from it, read below.
How to make hawthorn jam?
Ingredients:
- granulated sugar - 1 glass;
- hawthorn - 2 glasses.
Preparation
Wash the hawthorn fruits, dry them and take out the seeds. We fill the hawthorn with sugar, let it brew for about half an hour. Then we place the container on low heat and, stirring often, wait until the berries let the juice start and let it boil. After that, cook for 5 minutes, then remove from the stove, cover and leave to infuse. After 8 hours, bring to a boil again and boil for 5 minutes and again set aside for 8 hours. We repeat the procedure again, after which we distribute the jam in clean steamed jars and seal.
How to make hawthorn compote for the winter?
Ingredients:
- sugar - 300 g;
- purified water - 3 liters;
- hawthorn fruit - 200 g.
Preparation
Wash the hawthorn fruits, clean them from the stalks and distribute them to the banks. Fill the hawthorn with clean boiling water, drain after 15 minutes, sugar and cook the syrup. When it boils, fill it with berries and immediately seal it.
How to make a hawthorn tincture with vodka at home?
Ingredients:
- dried hawthorn fruits - 150 g;
- vodka - 1 liter.
Preparation
We carefully sort the dried hawthorn fruit, grind it and fill it with vodka. We store for 20 days in a cool, dark place. Then we filter the resulting tincture. The resulting yellowish-red liquid is a healing tincture.
Garden hawthorn juice
This recipe will tell you what you can make from garden hawthorn.
Ingredients:
- hawthorn - 1 kg;
- purified water - 1 liter;
- granulated sugar - 120 g.
Preparation
We sort out the hawthorn berries, wash them, put them in a saucepan, pour in water so that the berries are only covered with it and cook for about an hour. Then we grind them through a sieve, pour in water and add sugar. We mix all this well and let it boil, and then pour it into clean containers and seal it.
How to make hawthorn jam?
